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EVERY ISSUE 7 TRENDS AND TREATS 11 CLUB PAPERCRAFTER 15 DESIGNER FOR THE DAY 90 CRAFT AWARDS 92 PAPERCRAFTER BASKET 94 COMING NEXT MONTH

LOVE TO MAKE 17 THREE-STEP CARD

Create an elegant penguin bauble card

26 ROSETTE TREE

Brighten your surroundings with a button tree dec

FESTIVE SHOWSTOPPER

35 NICELY NORDIC

Feel inspired by five pages of Scandi cards

41 RUDOLPH SHAKER

Try interactive greetings using Joanna Sheen’s reindeer die

43 SEASON’S GREETINGS We take a closer look at Hunkydory’s latest range

78 STASH BUSTERS!

Use up your scraps to create these festive favourites

82 FIRST LOOK: EMBOSSING GLITTER

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57 A-Z OF CHRISTMAS CRAFTING

66 TRIED & TESTED: FIRST EDITION TWIN MARKERS

Wow loved ones with well-presented gifts

84 SIX MAKES FOR A KITSCH CHRISTMAS Craft up some fresh and funky greetings

98 THE LAST WORD

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SNOW IS FALLING

1 Cover a 15cm square white blank with Christmas tree paper. To imitate snowy hills, cut a wavy edge across two rectangles of white card and stick to the front of the greeting with foam pads, trimming any excess.

1 Cover a 12cm square white blank with star paper. Die cut a snowflake from a 10cm square of white card.

2 Die cut five trees from shades of blue and five from white card. Layer the coloured designs onto the white ones then fix the trees across the hills with foam pads.

3 Finish with a strip of cracker paper across the bottom edge, a stamped festive sentiment and a button tied with twine.

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your free gift your free gift your free gift 2 Adhere two cut-out snowflakes, one silver and one white, to the white panel.

3 Add a ‘Snow is falling’ greeting and a gem then fix the panel to the card front with foam pads.

Never force your die sandwich through your machine as this may damage it

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ELEGANT TAG 1 Cut a 7cm x 12cm tag from white card and cover with present paper.

2 Create a second slightly smaller tag from white card, die-cutting a tree from the centre before adhering it to the larger tag.

3 Add a second die-cut tree and small snowflake as shown. Punch a slot at the top of the tag, thread with ribbon and finish with a stamped festive sentiment.

PAPER POUCHES 1 Cut out two circles and two triangles from patterned paper. Die cut a snowflake from the centre of one of each of the pairs of shapes.

2 Stick a piece of acetate behind each window. Sew the shapes together around the outside edge, leaving a small opening so you can fill the pouch with sweets before stitching completely closed. Decorate with a tag tied with twine.

Shopping List Enjoyed using your free dies?

You’ll love these Crealies dies from Crafts U Love, 01293 863576, craftsulove.co.uk

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Practise your colouring skills with Colette Smith’s adorable Christmas cards

eaturing the illustrations of artist Janie Dawson, these festive mice stamps from Hot Off The Press are absolutely adorable. The set contains 12 stamps, including some cheeky sentiments, and are perfect for Christmas cards. Colette has used Chameleon Color Tone pens to shade in the designs – we’re definitely adding these to our must-make list!

You will need  Craft essentials (see p92)  Hot Off The Press Janie’s Mice Christmas Stamp Set  Lawn Fawn Snow Day Christmas 6” x 6” Petite Paper Pack  Chameleon Color Tone pens  Punch: corner rounder  Ink pad: black  Gems

SNOWMOUSE SCENE 1 Stamp the snowmouse scene onto white card and colour it in with Chameleon pens. Cut an 11.5cm square piece of green snow paper and round the top left corner.

2 Layer this onto a white 12cm square blank and round the top left corner of the blank.

3 Fix a heart and mittens border and half of a red striped border along the bottom of the blank. Trim to size.

4 Cut out the image, leaving the lower edge straight, and fix to the blank along the top edge of the border.

Embellish with pink gems.

MAKE ANGEL MICE EARRINGS BY STAMPING THE IMAGE ONTO SHRINK PLASTIC, COLOURING IT IN AND CUTTING IT OUT. PUNCH A HOLE THEN APPLY HEAT BEFORE ADDING THE EARWIRE

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“This set is ideal for hanging decorations. Stamp onto sturdy card, colour in and cut out, then layer onto co-ordinating card and add a loop of ribbon” COLETTE SMITH, DESIGNER

NAUGHTY MOUSE

ANGELS AND BOWS

1 Stamp a mouse and bauble image and ‘Have a mice Christmas’ sentiment onto white card and colour in.

1 Stamp an angel mouse onto white card and colour it in. Cut around it, leaving a 3mm border.

2 Cover a 7.5cm x 15cm blank with diagonal stripy paper. Trim the sentiment and fix to the top of the blank. Add a strip of bauble border underneath.

2 Fix an 8.5cm x 13cm piece of red chevron paper to a white 10.5cm x 15cm white blank.

Hot Off The Press Janie’s Mice Christmas Stamp Set, $19.99 (approx £13), paperwishes.com

3 Cut scallops along the bottom edge of a 6.5cm x 10.5cm panel of Christmas word paper. Glue it to the top of the blank.

Lawn Fawn Snow Day Christmas 6” x 6” Petite Paper Pack, £5.99, craftie-charlie.co.uk

3 Cut out the bauble image, leaving a 2mm border all around. Fix it to the stripy portion of the blank with foam pads.

4 Attach the mouse to the card so that the top of the string sits just under the scallops. Finish with a large white bow.

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Chameleon Color Tone pens, from £5.99, chameleonpens.com

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Thanks to its six settings, four rollers and 13” wide work space, you can create shiny motifs for everything from cards to wall art! There are two to win courtesy of Craft Superstore (craftsuperstore.co.uk), worth £96 each.

SHESTO AIRBRUSH KIT Are you a keen baker? Well, Shesto (shesto.co.uk) has a Cassie Brown Airbrush and Compressor kit up for grabs, so you can customise your baked goods like a pro. It even comes complete with a digital beginner’s guide to cake airbrushing to help you every step of the way. Enter online today to win this fab prize, worth almost £100!

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ROYAL ACADEMY NOTEBOOKS Celebrate everything we love about the capital with Londoncentric notebooks from the Royal Academy of Arts Shop (shop.royalacademy.org.uk), boasting iconic images of Big Ben, London Bridge, black taxis and more.

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HUNKYDORY GOODIES To ensure your winter stash is extra jolly this year, we’ve paired up with Hunkydory (hunkydorycrafts.co.uk) to bring five readers the chance to win a bundle of paper, cards and toppers from its adorable Santa Paws range, worth £20 each. Head over to our site to enter!

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CRAFT CONSORTIUM DESIGNS The lovely team at Craft Consortium (craftconsortium.co.uk) is treating one lucky reader to a fantastic selection of stunning papers. Whatever the occasion, they’ve got you covered! Win this £100 bundle via our website.

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Bring the outdoors in this Christmas with nature-inspired decs

RUSTIC CHIC Mix natural elements such as pine cones with rich coppers and gold for a rustic yet luxurious look. Baubles, £3.99 each, dobbies.com

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DECS FROM NATURE

Heritage Tree Decorations, £1, poundland.co.uk

Pine Cone Christmas Wreath, £22, very.co.uk

Rustic Glitter Acorn Decoration, £8 each, houseoffraser.co.uk

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HOW CAN I USE FLORALS IN WINTER CRAFTING?

Sometimes people think of flowers just as spring motifs, but they’re not at all – you just have to pick the right plant!

Poinsettia are a perfect example.

This JustRite Clear stamp allows you to seamlessly incorporate everpopular florals into your Christmas cards. £17.99, 01902 897096, sunrisecrafts.co.uk

very berry Nature provides us with a wealth of inspiration in winter. Use this Holly Swirl polymer stamp in your projects for a festive touch. £3.99, beecrafty.net

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avinia Stamps is an established British company that’s been in business for ten years. Tracey Dutton and her partner Kevin Jones previously owned a successful pottery business for 15 years. Tracey loved stamping into her ceramic projects but struggled to find motifs that she wanted, so started designing her own. “Slowly there was a transition from the pottery business to being a full time designer,” Tracey explains.

“More and more customers loved the stamps and wanted to purchase them for their own creative projects, so I started designing more stamps and less pottery.”

Tracey is now a well renowned craft designer, recognised for her passion for fairies and fantasy, which is clearly reflected in her work. She also creates charming collections of floral and landscape imagery, inspired by her home in the Vale of Clwyd. ‘’When I design, it’s all about escapism,” she tells us. “Sometimes we all get a little bogged down in life and need a place to go, where we can feel inspired, positive and enlightened.

To help people reach this through artwork is truly rewarding.’’

Lavinia Stamps now offers a whole range of distinctive and inspirational products, producing clear polymer stamps, scenescapes, toppers and now dies.

“We thrive on new ideas and ventures and have a flair for bringing original innovations to the marketplace, ensuring our range constantly evolves in line

We speak to Tracey Dutton, designer and owner of Lavinia Stamps, about her craft journey

with current demands’’.

So, what’s a typical day like when you’re running a successful crafty business? “Kevin and I work 24/7,” says Tracey. “A normal day involves a lot of admin, such as printing out and packing orders,

answering emails and preparing for shows. However, we always find time to design – creating our stamps is something we feel very passionate and proud about.

We’re incredibly fortunate to be doing something we both enjoy.”

Quick questions

MOST INSPIRATIONAL PLACE? I love France for the style, but I adore Scotland for the peace and tranquillity

TOP NEW PRODUCTS?

The gorgeous Seeing is Believing and Fairy Dandelions stamps are both lovely (from £7.20)

ANY PETS?

We’ve acquired four cats and two dogs over the years, but there’s always room for more!

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A busy crafter’s

Christmas

countdown Our guide to prepping for the winter holiday in just three weeks

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e bet that last year you promised you wouldn’t leave Christmas preparations until December ever again? For many of us, jam-packed schedules can get in the way, meaning holiday planning often gets pushed to one side, no matter how many times Wham’s Last Christmas is

played on the radio to remind us! Here, we count down to the big day and demonstrate how it’s still possible to make this festive affair a celebration to remember, even when it sneakily creeps up on you!

WORDS BY SAMANTHA LEWIS

Three weeks to go

Season’s greetings

Your first priority is getting your Christmas cards designed and sent.

The Royal Mail suggests that we should aim to post our creations no later than 19th December, but to avoid the worry of whether it will arrive in time, get this ticked off your list as soon as possible.

QUICK TO MAKE

1 Cut green spotty paper to 10.5cm x 14cm and use a border die to create a pattern on the right side. Attach to the front of a white blank along the left.

TIME-SAVER

If you’ve got a die cutting machine, there’s no better time to use it.

Instead of hand-cutting lots of fiddly elements for your festive cards, let it do all the hard work for you! Sizzix Big Shot Plus and Starter Kit, £155, 01754 612050, cuttingedgecrafts.co.uk

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2 Mount a strip of pinky spotty paper to the right of the blank. Die cut a message from red card, a snowflake border, individual snowflake and a circle.

3 Layer these elements together as shown and stick to the front of the greeting using foam pads.

Two weeks to go

Finishing touches The kids may force you to dig out the tree and fairy lights before December has even arrived, but what about the table decorations? When you’re crafty, a well-presented table is a must – especially as mealtime is such a crucial part of the day.

Top tips

FROM EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, SAMANTHA  Fill two clear vases with baubles that complement your colour scheme and place them in the centre of your table, then top with our festive skewer decs (right)  Although making crackers is enjoyable, it’s not always a cheap alternative once little gifts are placed inside, so don’t feel guilty about opting for shop-bought  Name places are a nice way to personalise your table and they’re also quick and easy to make. All you need is patterned card, paper and your best handwriting skills!

Add some cheer to Your displaY with...

SEASONAL SKEWERS 1 Emboss a dove motif with a patterned design. Distress the edges with blue ink. Glue the bird to the top of a 25cm wooden skewer.

2 Top a second stick with a Christmas tree shape topped with a punched foil star. Tie a green twine bow around each skewer.

One week to go

Gorgeous gifting Gift shopping can often be a last-minute dash around the stores for some of us, followed by the stress of having to wrap all of them. To save yourself time, choose gifting packages that offer both pretty prints and the necessary embellishments like gift tags and ribbon too.

Wrap your presents in this gorgeous selection of quirky designs and sentiments from Scissor Monkeys. Christmas range, from £2.95, scissormonkeys.com

Hot Motif KEEP IT SIMPLE

Tie a simple bow around brown paper with bold ribbon for an elegant finish. Red Reindeer Ribbon, £4, tch.net

Statement stag This quirky print is ideal for recipients who adore Rudolph and the great outdoors. Stag Do! Gift Wrap, £2.80, marthaandhepsie.com

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